yo

interjection

Published on Oct. 15, 2020, 1:04 p.m.

a call for attention;

a greeting

Categories Greetings

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Domains Everyday

Etymology pre hip-hop, from the 1950s

Shout-outs 2Pac ⋅ Big Daddy Kane ⋅ Big Pun ⋅ Big Scoob ⋅ Chris Rock ⋅ CL Smooth ⋅ Daz Dillinger ⋅ Eazy E ⋅ Edward Scissorhands ⋅ Erick Sermon ⋅ Hit Squad ⋅ Jay Cool ⋅ Kings of Swing ⋅ Los Angeles, California, USA ⋅ Low Profile ⋅ Mercedes 300 SL ⋅ Newark, New Jersey, USA ⋅ North Carolina, USA ⋅ Public Enemy ⋅ Pumas ⋅ Rick Ross ⋅ Run-D.M.C. ⋅ Special Ed ⋅ Supreme ⋅ Twin Gambino ⋅ Washington, D.C., USA ⋅ Wu-Tang Clan

Synonyms ayo ⋅ what it do ⋅ what it is ⋅ what's crackin' ⋅ what's poppin' ⋅ what's up ⋅ what the dealio ⋅ what the dilly ⋅ what the lick read

Timeline

1979 Spoonie Gee "Spoonin' Rap" [Spoonin' Rap]
Yo, go hip-hop, a hip-hip, a hop
1983 Kevie Kev "All Night Long (Waterbed)" [All Night Long (Waterbed)]
Yo, I'mma tell you I just did the wild-thing
1983 Fresh 3 MC's "Fresh" [Fresh]
Yo, Jay, I saw you with this girl last night at the jam

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yo

interjection

Published on Oct. 15, 2020, 1:04 p.m.

used to punctuate a statement

Collocates word up⁵ ⋅ steelo⁴ ⋅ 40² ⋅ beef² ⋅ bust² ⋅ def² ⋅ dough² ⋅ flow² ⋅ keep it real² ⋅ knock out the box² ⋅ mad² ⋅ on the low² ⋅ smoke² ⋅ stripes² ⋅ word is bond² ⋅ yo² ⋅ nuff ⋅ 313 ⋅ 44 ⋅ 6 ⋅ A-town ⋅ around the way ⋅ as shit ⋅ Audi ⋅ bank ⋅ beamer ⋅ bimmer ⋅ bitch ⋅ bitch ⋅ blaze ⋅ block ⋅ BM ⋅ bolo ⋅ boom ⋅ booty ⋅ Bushwick ⋅ bust a cap ⋅ Caddy ⋅ caked up ⋅ Calico ⋅ Chi-town ⋅ chill ⋅ chips ⋅ clip ⋅ clock ⋅ creep ⋅ crib ⋅ D's ⋅ dead ⋅ delf ⋅ deuce deuce ⋅ dolo ⋅ down with ⋅ dump ⋅ dump ⋅ faded ⋅ phat ⋅ fess ⋅ fetti ⋅ fiend ⋅ 5-0 ⋅ flow ⋅ fly ⋅ fresh ⋅ front ⋅ froze ⋅ fucked up ⋅ G ⋅ gang ⋅ gangsta lean ⋅ gat ⋅ ghetto ⋅ ghost ⋅ ghost ⋅ glock ⋅ go hard ⋅ herb ⋅ herb ⋅ hit ⋅ hoe ⋅ hold it down ⋅ hood ⋅ how we do ⋅ hydro ⋅ I'mma ⋅ ill ⋅ ism ⋅ kush ⋅ live ⋅ locked ⋅ loot ⋅ Lorenzo ⋅ lucci ⋅ la ⋅ mad ⋅ max ⋅ murk ⋅ mob ⋅ mob ⋅ narc ⋅ O.E. ⋅ off the chain ⋅ on point ⋅ on the low low ⋅ Oreo ⋅ ox ⋅ paper ⋅ papes ⋅ peeps ⋅ PJs ⋅ player-hater ⋅ played-out ⋅ po-po ⋅ punk ⋅ pusher ⋅ put it down ⋅ QBC ⋅ QB ⋅ Queensbridge ⋅ rep ⋅ rep ⋅ retarded ⋅ ride ⋅ rock ⋅ Rolls ⋅ roll deep ⋅ sawed-off ⋅ sess ⋅ set ⋅ sheisty ⋅ shiznit ⋅ shotty ⋅ snitch ⋅ snow ⋅ son ⋅ spark ⋅ stee ⋅ step off ⋅ straight ⋅ straight up ⋅ strapped ⋅ street ⋅ stunt ⋅ sucker ⋅ swag ⋅ threads ⋅ toast ⋅ trife ⋅ true dat ⋅ tryna ⋅ V.A. ⋅ vest ⋅ weed ⋅ word is born ⋅ word up

Domains Everyday

Shout-outs Big Pokey ⋅ Club LEXX, 12001 NW 27th Ave, Miami, Florida, USA ⋅ Dead Prez ⋅ Fat Joe ⋅ LeFrak City, Queens, New York City, New York, USA ⋅ LL Cool J ⋅ Mike ⋅ Murder She Wrote ⋅ Nas ⋅ Queen Latifah ⋅ Southern Comfort

Timeline

1980-09-29 Kurtis Blow "The Breaks" [Kurtis Blow]
Break it up, break it up, break it up! Break down, yo!
1980 The Treacherous Three "Body Rock" [Body Rock]
I gots up the new that will blow your mind, yo
1987-07-22 LL Cool J ".357 - Break It On Down" [Bigger & Deffer]
I don't play the banjo, will you ever understand, yo

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